Thanks

Thanks to tune councillors Sarah, Don & Ann Meehan, Simon Lewis, Daemon Brightey and Gillian Templeton for their help in selecting the songs that made the album. Thanks also to Tim & Gina Abbott - Tim for his guitar and moral support, Gina for her nettle tea and hospitality; to Johnny Miller who sired three children whilst this album was being born and who was always there when I needed a great keyboardist; to Lincoln Anderson who just walks into the studio and does the business; to Sophie Oliver for stepping in at the last minute to do those superb backing vocals; to Danny Thompson whose great drumming provided a solid backbone for many of the tracks; to George Double for his perfect percussion; to Jackie Hole and Nick Lightbody for their wonderful sound contributions on the early recordings; to Simon Safa-Leathers who was there at the start; to Jose Gross at the Recording Workshop in London (www.recordwk.dircon.co.uk) and Pat Alexander at Soundback Studios, Ipswich (www.soundbackstudio.co.uk) for those first recording sessions; to Stephen Foster at BBC Radio Suffolk in Ipswich, who picked up on my stuff very early, and who continues to encourage original material and artistes, to Mick Joyce (www.joycemusic.com), school friend, football friend, heretic, and songwriter/artiste, for support, encouragement and an introduction to the music of Peter Gabriel and Roy Harper; to Brendan 'Spiller' Spillane for Badge, Free, Bad Company and Led Zeppelin; to John Purcell for those priceless gigs we arranged in Lincoln's Inn, Dublin; to Tom Cheek at Tiger Nut Marketing for the labels' logo (Email: tigernutmarket@aol.com); to Stephen Cresswell without whom this website would still be just a good idea; to Angie Briggs at Moggie Madness (www.moggiemadness.com) and Paul Hayman at Hype21 (www.hype21.com) for website administration, upgrades and troubleshooting.

Special thanks to engineer par excellence Mark Harwood at his Springvale Studios in Ipswich, who waited patiently as I nursed this album through its long gestation period, (Email: springvalestudios@btinternet.com); to Louise Robey (www.louiserobey.com)at Springvale for moral support and encouragement.

Extra special love and thanks to May and Phil (Mum & Dad) for letting me do it my way.

Con
Ipswich, England,
December 2003.